Key Points. 1  There is no standardized, national system for credentialing complementary health practitioners. 2  The credentials required for complementary health practitioners vary tremendously from state to state and from discipline to discipline.
Commercial health insurance is any type of health insurance that is not offered and managed by a government entity. Individuals who are unable to afford health insurance often end up seeking medical attention at the emergency room. Companies that sell private health insurance are for-profit entities.
For the purposes of this rule, a licensed independent practitioner is any individual permitted by State law and hospital policy to order restraints and seclusion for patients independently, within the scope of the individual's license and consistent with the individually granted clinical privileges.ere is an example: CMS used the term licensed independent practitioner in a regulation on who can order restraints. Before regulations on this matters were finalized, CMS published the proposed regulations and gave interested parties the opportunity to comment.